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King, Sárkány Highlight Indiana’s Short Course Worlds
12/15/2024 8:46:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Olympics
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Athletes of the Indiana swimming and diving program combined for two world championships, five medals and 13 national records this week at the World Aquatics Championships (25m) in Budapest, Hungary.
After competing in her final Olympics this summer, IU alumna Lilly King showed she still has something left in the tank this week, adding four more world championship medals to her illustrious career. The Hoosier State native expanded her career world championship medal count to 27 (18 gold, 7 silver, 2 bronze), 14 of those coming between three short course would championships.
King put a bow on her week Sunday, helping Team USA win the women's 4x100-meter medley in a world record time of 3:40.41 – shattering the previous record by nearly four seconds. Earlier in the meet, King earned silver in the 100-meter breaststroke and mixed 4x100-meter medley as well as bronze in the 50-meter breaststroke.
In a meet that saw 30 world records go down, it was perhaps Zalán Sárkány that received the greatest roar from his hometown Budapest crowd. Sárkány sent the Duna Arena into a frenzy Saturday night when he touched first in the men's 800-meter freestyle, Hungary's first of two world titles this week. The reigning NCAA Champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle, Sárkány's performance marked his first world championship as well as a national record with a time of 7:30.56.
Sárkány also finished sixth in the 400 free (3:38.59) and eighth in the 1,500-meter free (14:32.10).
Senior Ching Hwee Gan set national records for Singapore in all four events she swam – the 200-meter freestyle (1:56.85), 400-meter freestyle (4:04.17), 800-meter freestyle (8:18.85) and 1,500-meter freestyle (15:50.37) – and earned top-10 finishes in the 800 and 1,500. Gan now owns national records in seven events between short course and long course.
Comprehensive results from the 2024 World Aquatics Championships are listed below. Read day-by-day coverage of the meet here.
Indiana Results
2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m)
Lilly King (United States)
Matt King (United States)
Brearna Crawford (New Zealand)
Ching Hwee Gan (Singapore)
Miranda Grana (Neutral Athletes)
Miroslav Knedla (Czechia)
Rafael Miroslaw (Germany)
Zalán Sárkány (Hungary)
Chiok Sze Yeo (Singapore)
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After competing in her final Olympics this summer, IU alumna Lilly King showed she still has something left in the tank this week, adding four more world championship medals to her illustrious career. The Hoosier State native expanded her career world championship medal count to 27 (18 gold, 7 silver, 2 bronze), 14 of those coming between three short course would championships.
King put a bow on her week Sunday, helping Team USA win the women's 4x100-meter medley in a world record time of 3:40.41 – shattering the previous record by nearly four seconds. Earlier in the meet, King earned silver in the 100-meter breaststroke and mixed 4x100-meter medley as well as bronze in the 50-meter breaststroke.
In a meet that saw 30 world records go down, it was perhaps Zalán Sárkány that received the greatest roar from his hometown Budapest crowd. Sárkány sent the Duna Arena into a frenzy Saturday night when he touched first in the men's 800-meter freestyle, Hungary's first of two world titles this week. The reigning NCAA Champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle, Sárkány's performance marked his first world championship as well as a national record with a time of 7:30.56.
Sárkány also finished sixth in the 400 free (3:38.59) and eighth in the 1,500-meter free (14:32.10).
Senior Ching Hwee Gan set national records for Singapore in all four events she swam – the 200-meter freestyle (1:56.85), 400-meter freestyle (4:04.17), 800-meter freestyle (8:18.85) and 1,500-meter freestyle (15:50.37) – and earned top-10 finishes in the 800 and 1,500. Gan now owns national records in seven events between short course and long course.
Comprehensive results from the 2024 World Aquatics Championships are listed below. Read day-by-day coverage of the meet here.
Indiana Results
2024 World Aquatics Championships (25m)
Lilly King (United States)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Women's 100m Breaststroke | 1:03.50 (2) | 1:03.20 (2) | 1:02.80 (2) | Silver Medalist |
| Mixed 4x100m Medley | N/A | -- | 3:30.55 (2) | Silver Medalist |
| Women's 50m Breaststroke | 29.20 (2) | 28.99 (3) | 28.91 (3) | Bronze Medalist |
| Women's 4x100m Medley | N/a | -- | 3:40.41 (1) | World Champion World Record |
Matt King (United States)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Mixed 4x50m Freestyle | 1:31.08 (9) | -- | N/A |
Brearna Crawford (New Zealand)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Women's 100m Breaststroke | 1:07.10 (34) | N/A | N/A | |
| Mixed 4x100m Medley | 3:45.00 (18) | -- | N/A | National Record |
| Women's 50m Breaststroke | 31.20 (41) | N/A | N/A | |
| Women's 4x100m Medley | 3:57.02 (12) | -- | N/A | National Record |
Ching Hwee Gan (Singapore)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Women's 400m Freestyle | 4:04.17 (14) | -- | N/A | National Record |
| Women's 800m Freestyle | -- | -- | 8:18.85 (8) | National Record |
| Women's 1,500m Freestyle | -- | -- | 15:50.37 (9) | National Record |
| Women's 200m Freestyle | 1:56.85 (18) | -- | N/A | National Record |
Miranda Grana (Neutral Athletes)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Women's 100m Backstroke | 56.83 (9) | 56.62 (10) | N/A | National Record |
| Women's 50m Backstroke | 26.92 (19) | N/A | N/A | National Record |
Miroslav Knedla (Czechia)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Men's 100m Backstroke | 51.13 (19) | N/A | N/A | |
| Men's 50m Backstroke | 23.13 (9) | 22.74 (5) | 22.89 (7) | National Record (Semi) |
| Men's 100m Medley | 52.56 (12) | 52.20 (8) | 51.90 (8) | National Record |
| Men's 4x200m Freestyle | 7:06.42 (13) | -- | N/A |
Rafael Miroslaw (Germany)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Men's 4x100m Freestyle | 3:07.40 (9) | -- | N/A | |
| Men's 100m Freestyle | 46.74 (13) | 46.33 (12) | N/A | |
| Men's 4x200m Freestyle | 6:57.18 (6) | -- | 6:50.43 (4) | National Record |
| Men's 200m Freestyle | 1:42.38 (6) | -- | 1:41.71 (6) |
Zalán Sárkány (Hungary)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Men's 800m Freestyle | -- | -- | 7:30.56 (1) | World Champion National Record |
| Men's 400m Freestyle | 3:38.43 (4) | -- | 3:38.59 (6) | |
| Men's 1,500m Freestyle | -- | -- | 14:32.10 (8) |
Chiok Sze Yeo (Singapore)
| Event | Prelim | Semi | Final | Notes |
| Women's 50m Freestyle | 25.00 (40) | -- | -- | -- |
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